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Documentation for method resolve in IO::Path taken verbatim from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/perl6/specs/master/S32-setting-library/IO.pod
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| =head2 method resolve | |
| method resolve(IO::Path:D: --> IO::Path) | |
| Returns a new C<IO::Path> object with all symbolic links and references to the | |
| parent directory (C<..>) are physically resolved. This means that the | |
| filesystem is examined for each directory in the path, and any symlinks found | |
| are followed. | |
| # bar is a symlink pointing to "/baz" | |
| my $io = "foo/./bar/..".IO.resolve; # now "/" (the parent of "/baz") |
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the phrasing is a little awkward, this is slightly better IMO
Returns a new CIO::Path object with all symbolic links and references to the
parent directory (C<..>) resolved. This means that the